On a night when I am seriously considering giving up cycling and becoming a disgusting, fat internet hermit that never leaves the house, this series of "travel posters for the very lazy" ...read more

On a night when I am seriously considering giving up cycling and becoming a disgusting, fat internet hermit that never leaves the house, this series of "travel posters for the very lazy" cracked me up.

Nearly got killed twice. The security guard at my neighborhood thought it would be funny to drop the barricade on my head as I left (okay, not sure if he did it on purpose, but I might need a new h... read more

Rode from work to Gurgaon-Faridabad Highway, then turned around at the toll booth and home via MG Road. Really ridiculous headwinds from hell. One of those rides where I really wasn't having m...read more

Rode from work to Gurgaon-Faridabad Highway, then turned around at the toll booth and home via MG Road. Really ridiculous headwinds from hell. One of those rides where I really wasn't having much fun :(

Really hectic, crazy traffic, since I left at rush hour. Sporadic rain during the ride but nothing soaking. Got thumbs up signs and enthusiastic cheering from several motorcyclists and a dude in a ...read more

Really hectic, crazy traffic, since I left at rush hour. Sporadic rain during the ride but nothing soaking. Got thumbs up signs and enthusiastic cheering from several motorcyclists and a dude in a van for some reason.

Could have been a poorly manufactured tire, but I am curious why it would result in blowout....bottom line is the cheaper the tire, the more likely you will get bad thread or belt structure within the construction of the tire. Less quality control these days, especially on the stuff made in India's neighbor to the north, China. Lots of schlocky work coming from there...you end up purchasing and wearing out products twice as fast due to crap manufacturing and quality, not realizing any cost savings.